(Last updated November 2019.) When people talk of great Canadian golf destinations, Toronto is inevitably overlooked in favour of Whistler, the Alberta Rockies, Muskoka, Mont-Tremblant and other popular resort areas. Yet Canada’s largest city tops them all. Found within an hour’s drive of Toronto’s downtown core are more than 200 courses, including several of the country’s top […]
Toronto: Canada’s Great Unsung Golf Destination
August 5, 2012 by Brian Kendall
Filed Under: Canada, Destinations, Feature Stories, Golf Courses, Ontario, Toronto Tagged With: Angus Glen Golf Club, Copper Creek Golf Club, Doug Carrick, Dr. Michael Hurdzan, Eagles Nest Golf Club, Glen Abbey Golf Club, Hockley Valley Golf Course, Jack Nicklaus, Jay Morrish, Lionhead Golf and Country Club, Osprey Valley, Ron Garl, Royal Woodbine Golf Club, Tom McBroom, Toronto golf courses, Wooden Sticks
Challenge Muskoka’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Fairways
July 23, 2012 by Brian Kendall
(Last updated December 2022.) Not since Stanley Thompson’s groundbreaking Rocky Mountain layouts opened in Jasper and Banff in the 1920s has another golf destination come close to matching Muskoka’s impact on Canadian golf course design. Just as Thompson established a template for mountain courses followed to this day, Tom McBroom, Doug Carrick and other top […]
Filed Under: Canada, Destinations, Feature Stories, Golf Courses, Muskoka and Georgian Bay, Ontario Tagged With: Bigwin Island Golf Club, Deerhurst Highlands Golf Course, Deerhurst Resort, Diamond in the Ruff, Doug Carrick, Huntsville Downs Golf and Country Club, Lake Joseph Club, Mark O'Meara Course at Grandview, Muskoka Bay, Muskoka golf, Muskoka Highlands Golf Links, Nick Faldo, North Granite Ridge, Oak Bay Golf and Country Club, Rocky Crest Golf Club, Ron Garl, Shawn Watters, South Muskoka Curling and Golf Club, Taboo Resort, The Rock Golf Club, Tom McBroom, Windermere Golf and Country Club